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2018 | J. Biomedical Science and Engineering | Pp. 254-262
Diabetes mellitus has not ceased to be on rise in spite of the continuous research on its management. Brain dysfunction associated with Diabetes mellitus especially Type II has been the great concern. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ins...
2018 | International Journal of Research e-ISSN: 2348-6848 | Pp. 1766-1775
The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between access o micro credit and the growth of small and medium scale enterprises in Uganda.The study was guided by the following research objectives; to examine access to micro credit and the growth...
2018 | Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences | Pp. 1-7
Aims: To determine the phytochemical constituents and antibacterial potential of Cynodon dactylon leaf extracts against Escherichia coli. Study Design: Experimental short-term prospective study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Kampala...
2018 | International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health | Pp. 1-17
Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the Plasmodium falciparum malaria clinical and parasitological outcomes after in-vivo Artemether-Lumefantrine (AL) treatment at Bushenyi District Uganda. Study Design: This was a one-arm prospective longitudinal h...
2018 | African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines | Pp. 96-102
Background: Chronic disease conditions like cancer, diabetes, malnutrition and HIV/AIDS compromise the immune system thus necessitating immune boasting. The use of medicinal herbs in immunomodulation is now common, albeit with limited evidence regarding effic...
2018 | Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology | Pp. 1-9
Background: Malaria and helminths share the same geographical distribution in tropical Africa. Studies of the interaction of helminth and malaria co-infection in humans have been few and are mainly epidemiological, with little information on cellular immune r...
2018 | Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy | Pp. 230-244
The study was designed to investigate the effect of growth culture conditions, namely: Media composition, incubation period, temperature and pH on the production of antimicrobial compounds from three selected actinomycetes isolated from waste dump soil in We...
2018 | International Journal of Food Science and Biotechnology | Pp. 33-39
Low breast feeding rates, early introduction of complementary foods, heavy workload of the care givers, lack of ready-to- prepare formulations and the infrequency of feeding of the weaned children are the major causes of Protein Energy Malnutrition in western...
2018 | Journal of Diabetes and Endocrinology | Pp. 11-19
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the capacity of lycopene against diabetes-induced oxidative damage in Wistar rats. Thirty Wistar rats of both sexes, twenty-five of which were diabetic, were used. Diabetes was induced by a single intraperitoneal injec...
2018 | Wiley
Modelling of heat transfer through the finned hollow cylindrical surfaces of an insulation testing rig (ITR) is the main concern of this work. A differential volume approach was employed in developing thermal differential models. The analytical solutions of t...